Informação, organização e agência na construção da memória da diversidade sexual e de gênero

Abstract

The objective of this research is to problematize the agency of the movement composed of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites, transsexuals, transgenders, queer, intersex, asexual, pansexual and other sexual and gender identities within a memorialistic perspective. This is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach that addresses the concepts of memory and sexual and gender diversity in dialogue with the area of Information Science. For this, a brief overview of this movement is presented as a space for information, organization and construction of memory, observing actions and initiatives in the two decades of the 21st century. The concept of memory is used as a social phenomenon of constitution of identities and their respective movements of reconstruction of the past. The evocation of the past reflects the use of memory as an instrument for identifying subjects who share a past of exclusion, violence and erasure. It is noticed that the agency of these subjects produced actions and initiatives of different types. The informational practices and institutions of memory places reflect the movement's ability to keep the memory of different groups alive, which guarantees the bonds of belonging to this community. The area of Information Science is considered a space of dialogue par excellence to think about practices of memory, information, gender and sexuality.